PTI Blog Hop

December 2016 Blog Hop Challenge

 It's time for the monthy blog hop over at PTI.  

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My Card ~

I picked up the festive colors and stripes, polka dots and wood  in this pretty inspiration photo by using my Butterfly Cover Plate, Swoosh "thanks" die cuts and wood veneer hearts :-)

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MIM #270

 MAKE IT MONDAY

Holiday Photo Cards

 

Ashley is featuring photo cards for this week's Make It Monday challenge,we can use supplies we have to create any type of photo card!  Well, it is December 25th and I am finished sending out Christmas cards, but for my niece's birthday in January, I found a 32 year old school picture to make her a "Photo" B-Day card!  
I know she just cringes when she opens up these cards her Auntie Helen sends her, but I think it's adorable.  ;-p

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Sorry about the bad lighting on the card, it is 9:45 PM and I just forgot to take an outside pic earlier in the week!  

Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Winter '16

Oh my goodness!  I love my Mini Misti that I won on Amy's Birthday Week!  Thank you so very much Amy Tsuruta! 💖

I had to use it on this card AFTER I colored in, paper pieced and lined up the frame, so if I messed up the sentiment, it would have been a disaster!  

I also plan to use it to get out the 100's of Christmas cards that I am so very far behind  making and hope it speeds up my process a bit. 😏
I have sooooo many more Coffee Tea and Cocoa themed card ideas floating around in my head, but really can't get to them with every thing else I have to do ~ same as I am sure is the case this time of year for so many of you!  Wish December was 60 days long, but, alas it is not so making this my last Winter CLBH entry.
 

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Thank you AMY for your very hard work ~ Thank you to the awesome Super Sponsors ~ Thanks to all of you fabulous peeps for your visits to my Blog and your very sweet comments through this amazing, inspirational and fun hop!   💗

Coffee Lovers BlogHop- Winter '16

Hope to get a couple of more cards done today, seeing as it's the last day of the Winter CLBH  :-)


My Card ~
The 'On The Go' embossed paper panel and that cute wood coffee cup was included in a pack of goodies I won from Debra Davidson's blog from the Fall 2016 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! 

 

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Create Along with PTI - December 2016

"Create Along With Us" challenge at Papertrey Ink allows us to select something one of the amazing Design Team members has created during the December Release that inspired you.  Then we can create our own version of their project...cool, eh? 

It's really hard to choose just one card, but Maile's sweet birthday card is the one I tried to CASE: 

This is Maile Belle's card

My Card~

I used Peonies on Parade to kinda look like the sketchy flowers :-)

The sentiment is from Boutique Borders: BIRTHDAY 

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Creative With Stamps

The Design Team for  

Creative With Stamps 

has created another card to share with you 

Mid Month for our December challenge.

You can check out the lovely cards from my team mates and all of the wonderful entries from everyone so far  HERE.

You have until the end of  December to enter our Challenge #9, 
I know you all are still making cards, so post your entries before the end of the month and hopefully win some fun prizes. :-)

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My card ~
This village Christmas scene is from an old (1998) Stampin' Up set that is just a nostalgic favorite of mine. 
I die cut two panels from Spellbinders Labels 8 frame set, the small one has my stamped image on it and the red foil  paper is behind it.
The embossed snowflake folder on the base card is a new one this year from Darice.

Coffee Lovers BlogHop- Winter '16

This is tonight's last post in CLBH for me!  
Love all the Christmas cards I'm getting done, but really need to step up my game for the other-than-coffee-themed-cards that must  be mailed out of state!   :-o

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Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Winter '16

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Coffee Lover's BlogHop-Winter '16

 

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I don't remember how to add multiple cards into blog hops/challenges without making a separate post...blaming it on old age! 👵    
So, the next few entries are just going to have the CLBH graphic and my card.  If you have any questions about my cards or products I used, please leave a question in the comments and I'll get back to ya.

Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Winter '16

Loving all the fun inspiration HERE.   Hope you are making time to play along! 

My card has a Christmas card I recycled from last year, I added the  "On The Go" embossing folder, which was a prized from Two Paper Diva's CLBH-Summer '16; 
stamped and fussy cut the To-Go cup onto the sled where a snowman was sitting; 
and added the Sizzix Greetings die cut.

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Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Winter '16

Yup, had to cup up with a Cup a Cocoa tag for "National Cocoa Day"!  But, I think I have an idea for a cocoa lovers card ~ stay tuned 😋

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 Oh there are some yummy cups of cocoa inspiration HERE

Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Winter '16

Another day of this awesome blog hop and another card (or two)😉

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The number of cards entered is over 490 now!  You have to join in the fun and check out the inspiration HERE

Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Winter '16

Don't you just love the design of the CLBH this Winter?  If you haven't yet checked out the fantastic entries HERE, you are really missing out.  Go....take a peek, then post your coffee themed cards! Oh, and there are prizes to be won, lots and lots of prizes :-)

 

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Coffee Lovers BlogHop-Winter '16

We are on Day 3 and already over 270 entries!  This is going to be another HUGE record-breaking success! 

Thank you, the AWESOME Miss Amy for hosting this fun event again. I know it takes an enormous amount of work for you and your team to put this together.  

It is so inspirational and really kick starts a season of cardmaking, especially at Christmas time for me~I am such a procaffinator or is that procrastinator!   ;-)   

Check out the fun HERE

 My Card-Day 3

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I, for one, will be keeping an eye out for this sleigh on Christmas Eve!    :-p

Coffee Lovers BlogHop - Winter '16

 

I am keeping each post short and sweet (pun intended :-) because there are so many entries to this FUN blog hop and I don't want to delay you from seeing every single one.  Go HERE to check it out!

But, if you have any questions about my card or the products I used, please email me or leave me  a note in the comments. 

Happy Hopping!  

My card ~ Day 2

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Coffee Lovers BlogHop - Winter '16

Yay!  It is here!  This is the BEST blog hop evehhhh.
You will not find more inspiring Coffee, Tea and Cocoa themed cards anywhere else. Plus there are 61 Super Sponsor giving out amazing prizes.  :-)  

This Winter 2016 Coffee Lover's Blog Hop is sure to be fantastic and, no doubt will have more entries than the last one! 

Hope you have time to join in the fun. 

My card ~ Day 1

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MIM #269

MAKE IT MONDAY

Embossed + Outlined Backgrounds

Betsy has a simple technique for this week's MIM challenge.  See her video HERE as she demonstrates the embossed images outlined with a marker in a coordinating color to really make the images pop!  

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I embossed a few masked Peonies on Parade stamps with white and gold embossing powders, then outlined the flowers with Copic  marker 'Ice Ocean' BG72.  
I rather like how this card turned out and thinking I will try this technique with different colored card stock for more Christmas cards  :-)

MIM #268

MAKE IT MONDAY

Double Layer tags

Slipping in to join Dawn with this week's MIM, as she shares a peek into her process for making a stack of double-layer gift tags.  

I don't have a stack made, but think I just may duplicate this cute one using different patterns and colors for the background tags  ;-)

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Of course I had to use some Sparkly foam to die cut my Song Bird to make him more Christmasy and the song banner sentiment from this set is "have yourself a merry little Christmas", so it's a good gift tag, no?

I wish the colors came out as bright as they are IRL, but, it's cloudy outside today and the photo looks like it was taken inside :(

 

Creative With Stamps

On the first day of each month, there is a new challenge posted from "Creative With Stamps"

The month of December you are challenged to create a card using Christmas stamps.

You can head over to the Creative With Stamps Blog, HERE and check out what my fabulous Design Team members have created, then add your entry there for a chance to win some fun prizes from our awesome sponsors  Stamplorations and Bugaboo Stamps :-)

 

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This is a fun winter scene from Stampendous, which I plan to re-created coloring the vintage truck with different Spectrum Noir alcohol markers...will probably change up the Christmas greeting a bit too, but it really makes a nice flat card for mailing~if I don't get crazy and  add more panels/layers!    ;-)

PTI Blog Hop-November 2016

PTI inspiration photo

Here is my card picking up the colors and shine from the inspiration picture.
I wish the colors came out better, they are brighter IRL. 
Used my PTI Butterfly Cover Plate die cut twice and left a little lime green shadow under the glittery turquoise c/s. I also cut out the center butterfly so I could add my silver embossed sentiment in the middle of my Polka Dot embossed card base.  The pink glitter down the side is Deco Tape from Michael's

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 I had to go with a Birthday card for my Granddaughter who turns 14 ~ #what! ~ on December 28th.  
We always have separate Christmas and Birthday celebrations for Megan, but there is nothing wrong with a little holiday sparkle, right?

Create Along with PTI-November 2016

"Create Along With Us" challenge at Papertrey Ink allows us to select something one of the amazing Design Team members has created during the November Release that inspired you.  Then we can create our own version of their project...cool, eh? 

It's really hard to choose just one card, but Betsy's sweet birthday card is the one I tried to CASE:

Here is my card, using the PTI Birthday Trio and Cake Plates dies~

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Creative With Stamps

The Design Team for  

Creative With Stamps 

has created another card to share with you 

Mid Month for our November challenge.

You can check out the lovely cards from my team mates and all of the wonderful entries from everyone so far  HERE.

You have until the end of  November to enter our Challenge #8, 
so post your stamped art to win some fun prizes. :-)

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This pretty-in-pink flamingo is one of my favorite bird stamps. 
I love to send this Tropical image to friends and family members up North  ;-)

MIM #267

MAKE IT MONDAY

Assembly Line Card-Making

 

Laurie is up this week on MIM sharing some tips for whipping up lots of cards for Christmas or any other occasion, assembly line style.  Check her video HERE.

Okay, I have to admit, this is a new-for-me concept.  I tend to re-invent the wheel each time I make a card, which is totally crazy especially after a card is finished and mailed off, I think 
"Wow, I shoulda~woulda~coulda made a few of that one!" 

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I don't have those totally adorable little mice stamps/dies yet, but they are definitely on my Wish List for the next order :o)

Had to go with glittery red Song Birds and different colored green leaves with white berry die cuts. The bird is sitting on a silver glitter tape at the bottom.  I planned on using the wood grain embossing folder on all, but tried a Pine Branch and Swiss Dot EF  on a couple and thought they made a pretty background plus a little bit of a difference on each card~~so, not quite re-inventing the wheel on these ;-)

MIM #266

 MAKE IT MONDAY

That's a Wrap

 

Lexi Daly is up on MIM this week with a fun idea to design your own wrapping paper with stamps you have in your collection.
You get to decide on colors and images to create beautifully wrapped little packages. Check out her video HERE

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I downloaded Lexi's templates to stamp my images in a diagonal fashion, which started out somewhat of an organized design, but ended up kinda random with the three Song Bird stamps :-)
I wrapped the paper around a wood stamp I am giving to my crafty friend as part of her Birthday gift next week then realized you could not see the full paper creation, so unwrapped it and took this picture.  I normally use gift bags and wrap individual gifts inside with different colored tissue paper, but thought this idea was cute. Thank you, Lexi!

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Creative With Stamps

On the first day of each month, there is a new challenge posted from "Creative With Stamps"

The month of November you are challenged to create a card using a Bird stamp.

You can head over to the Creative With Stamps Blog, HERE and check out what my fabulous Design Team members have created, then add your entry there for a chance to win some fun prizes from our awesome sponsors 
Eureka Stamps and Stamplorations  :-)

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LOVE this TimHoltz stamp set "Bird Talk". It has such fun images and dies and even includes an embossing folder (not used here). 
I mixed together White acrylic paint and Turquoise blue re-inker then painted it on Watercolor paper as my sky background.  
Those sparkly clouds are dies from Paper Smooches.
Sentiment die is from Die'sire 
The flower branch is from PTI's Spring Woods stamp/die set.